ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,800, issued on May 13, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek, South Korea).
"Electronic parking brake system and control method thereof" was invented by Yeonghan Yun (Anyang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic parking brake system including: an electronic parking brake including a pair of brake pads disposed on both sides of a brake disc rotating with a rear wheel of a vehicle, a piston provided to press the pair of brake pads, a nut member provided to press the piston, a spindle member provided to move the nut member, and a motor configured to rotate the spindle member; and a controller electrically con...